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Old 09-03-2008, 10:50 PM
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If you are talking about an industrial galvanizer...forget it.

I worked in a steel fabrication shop for many, many years. Dad still does. Most of what we did (do) is stainless. Almost all of the hotroll we did was hot dipped galvanized.

I have seen them warp and twist a 36" tall X 40' long I beam. Do you realize how hard that would be to do cold?

They can totally destroy thinner items. It is so hot in the dip tank..that thin stuff acts like cooked spaghetti when they pull it out.

I have sat and watched the process several times. It is wild to watch heavy angle irons bow between the lift point. Channels do the same thing.

I cannot imagine how bad a cab would be when they got done with it.